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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As what was Protagoras known?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A master teacher.
(c) A sophist.
(d) A Novice.

2. What is a portico?
(a) A Greek wine.
(b) A mythological monster.
(c) A rare mineral.
(d) A large porch.

3. What did Socrates say Hippocrates is letting be molded?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) His soul.
(c) His body.
(d) His mind.

4. What was unacceptable to Socrates in Protagoras's speech?
(a) The contradiction.
(b) The limited scope.
(c) The generalities.
(d) The bad sources.

5. What benefit did Protagoras say wealthy men had over poor men?
(a) They had more virtue.
(b) They had clearer visions.
(c) They could pay for schools.
(d) They could focus on learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates compare men to after Protagoras said there are some good things and some bad things for man?

2. Whose sons did Protagoras say never learned virtue?

3. Why did so many men want to become sophists?

4. What did Protagoras say an evil man would always admit to being?

5. What did Socrates say was not a teachable craft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Socrates do when he was questioned by Protagoras?

2. What did Protagoras say about evil men?

3. What did Prodicus say was the difference between being a good man and becoming a good man?

4. What did Hippocrates hope to learn from Protagoras?

5. How did Protagoras think men got their wisdom?

6. How did Protagoras say his educational plan differed from other sophist's plans?

7. What did Protagoras want his pupils to become?

8. Why was Socrates so hesitant to support Hippocrates in studying with Protagoras?

9. Whom did Simonides criticize in his poem?

10. What did Protagoras do to change the tone of the dialogue?

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